The 5 Best AI Tools for Law Students

So a law student walks into a bar, and the board of directors says, aren’t you supposed to be studying?

The life of a law student is no joke—dense readings, complex case briefs, and tight deadlines are just part of the daily grind. In a world where efficiency matters as much as accuracy, AI tools can offer powerful support without compromising the learning process. The best AI tools for law students are not shortcuts—they’re study partners.

Here are five AI-powered tools that can help you learn smarter, write better, and stay organized—all while keeping the hard thinking where it belongs: with you.

1. ChatGPT: Your Always-On Study Partner

Much has been made of all the things ChatGPT is going to replace—and while there’s the potential for abuse in an academic setting, drafting isn’t actually ChatGPT’s real strength. For law students, it’s like having a 24/7 tutor who can help break down difficult concepts, summarize complex legal texts, or quiz you before an exam. Ask it to explain the difference between negligence and strict liability, or get help structuring an argument for your moot court brief.

What makes ChatGPT especially useful is its adaptability—you can use it to brainstorm outlines, clarify confusing case law, or explore both sides of a legal issue. Just remember: it’s a tool for understanding, not replacing, your legal analysis.

2. Grammarly: Writing with Confidence

Legal writing needs to be sharp, clear, and precise. Grammarly goes beyond catching typos—it helps you refine your tone, sentence structure, and overall readability. For law students drafting memos, essays, or even emails to professors, Grammarly acts like a real-time editor in your browser.

Its suggestions help you develop a keener sense of writing style over time. And with its tone detector, you can ensure your writing stays professional and appropriately formal—a must in the legal world.

3. Notion: Organize Your Legal Mind

Between case briefs, lecture notes, outlines, and exam prep, staying organized is half the battle. Notion is a powerful productivity tool that helps law students keep everything in one place. Think of it as your all-in-one digital binder, planner, and study hub.

You can create custom pages for each class, build checklists for reading assignments, and even link in case summaries and outlines. The AI assistant in Notion can also help summarize notes or generate quick explanations when you're reviewing.

4. Elicit: Streamlined Legal Research

Elicit is a powerful AI research assistant that can help law students streamline their study process by quickly finding relevant academic papers, extracting key insights, and summarizing complex legal theories.

Instead of spending hours sifting through dense legal literature, students can use Elicit to ask specific research questions and get evidence-based responses from scholarly sources. This makes it easier to support arguments in essays, understand nuanced legal concepts, and stay on top of emerging issues in the field—all while saving valuable time.

5. AllDrafts: AI-Powered Legal Drafting for Students

Unlike general AI writing tools, AllDrafts is built with legal writing at its core. For law students, this means a smart tool that understands the structure and style of real legal documents—and tracks the all the details and PII to make sure every document is flawless, every time.

But here’s what sets AllDrafts apart: it’s designed to support the writing process, not replace it. AI can draw on a library of documents to suggest an outline of necessary clauses for any prompt, then it can outline or fill out individual clauses, allowing you to accept, reject, or retry at each step of the way. You can even ask AI to simplify an existing clause into simpler language.

If you’re looking to streamline your legal writing and get to your first (and final) draft faster, AllDrafts is the AI solution that’s ready when you are.

Final Thoughts: Let AI Help You Learn, Not Skip the Work

These five tools represent the best of what AI can offer to law students today. Used wisely, they don't just make your workload easier—they help you become a better thinker, writer, and future lawyer.

Ready to see how AllDrafts can elevate your legal writing? Try AllDrafts today and experience the difference of AI designed specifically for drafting legal documents.